Other ideas:
1. The color of the mouse can match those of a picture book
character.
2. Collage story: The children can make a collage
background on a separate piece of paper that relates to a picture book
and glue the mouse to it. Leo Leoni's books are a great example
of this art technique.
3. Science and art> Color Mixing: When presenting the
picture book Mouse
Paint, Mouse
Paint, have children practice color mixing to paint their
mouse templates in a secondary color (green, purple or orange). have children practice color mixing to paint their
mouse templates in a secondary color (green, purple or orange).

4. Tape a ribbon, string or a piece of magnet to back of head to use as
bulleting board decoration
or ornament.
5. Puppet: Glue to a craft stick, unsharpened pencil or
drinking straw for an instant puppet.
6. Use yarn or pipe cleaners to give the mouse whiskers.

Learning Activities to conduct before craft
assembly:
Choose those activities you feel are age appropriate.
Shapes & Colors Activity:

1. Ask children to identify the shapes and color. Ask
children what other things are oval, such as an egg.

Numbers/Pre-Math Activities:
To conduct these activities pieces should be decorated and cut out.

1. Sorting & Sizing: Have the children sort the ovals
by size (smallest to largest)

2. Counting: Count how many ovals of each size there
are. You may want to write numbers on the blank side to acquaint
the children with printed numbers. In this activity you may want
to also count the nose.

Proceed with craft assembly. Show the small image
provided in the template to help the children see how the finished
craft looks and to aid them in positioning the pieces. After
completing the craft the children can hold their finished craft while
conducting some of the activities below.

Picture Book activities and recommendations:
There are so many great picture books where a
mouse is a main character. You can never go wrong with the delightful mouse characters
in Kevin
Henkes Ellen Stoll Walsh or Leo Leoni books. Here is
information and related activities: